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Friday, April 25, 2014

Cliven Bundy and the Negroes

Thank you Mr. Bundy; until your comments on the “Negro” surfaced
I was not sure of what I would be posting today. Thanks to you I am now clear
on that question. So, in case you have
been buried somewhere in a hole; or just had your head in the sand lately; here’s
some background.

Cliven Bundy is the Nevada rancher who has been grazing his
cattle on your land for 20 years, or more, and doesn’t think he owes you any
money for. He was repeatedly warned about this practice and ignored several warnings
which were given concerning our government seizing his cattle as payment. When
the bill came due and our government sent marshals to do that, he met them with
armed resistance. After a brief stand-off, our troops decided not to kill him
and his supporters and left. Mr. Bundy has been crowing ever since.

I use the pro-nouns “our” and “we” in describing the
government because that is exactly who the government represents; you and me.
Mr. Bundy and his friends are so busy casting things in terms of “us” and “them”
that I felt the need to remind everyone who “we” really are.

We are the government; though at the present time we may not
all be happy with our representation; either at the local or federal level. The
fact remains though, that when Mr. Bundy picks Uncle Sam’s pocket he is really stealing
from you and me, since there is no Uncle Sam; just a treasury with “our” money
in it.

So, why all the surprise that this guy is a racist who
supports the idea of slavery; search me? Here are his remarks. If you like this
guy, more power to you; just don’t steal any more of our money. The next time I’m
rooting for the Federal Marshalls. I
have highlighted the double negatives of this highly educated man. It's the same old crap - just in a different hat. You can't make this stuff up...

“I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro,”
he said. Mr. Bundy recalled driving past a public-housing project in North Las
Vegas, “and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the
older people and the kids — and there is always at least a half a dozen people
sitting on the porch — they didn’t have nothing to do. They didn’t have nothing for their kids to
do. They didn’t have nothing for
their young girls to do.

“And because they were basically on government subsidy, so
now what do they do?” he asked. “They abort their young children; they put
their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And
I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a
family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy?
They didn’t get no more freedom.
They got less freedom.”